Improvement in bell toys



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

FRANCIS ARNOLD, OF CHATHAM, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT iN BELL Tovs.

` Specitlcaion forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,790, dated June2Q, 1875; application tiled May 4, 1875.

To all whom it may concern :4 Y

Be it known that I, FRANcls AENoLD, of Chatham, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new anduseful Bell Toy, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a crosssection.Fig. 3 is a view of the removable cover for one end ot' the barrel orcylinder.

This invention consists of the combination of, lrst, a boX or barrel,cylindrical throughout its length, or only at or nea-r its ends, whichmay be drawn or rolled along the lloor, the body or ends `havingornamental pert'orations for the escape ot' sounds; second, bellsattached to the inside of the body or ends by elastic or rigidconnections; and, third, a "wire bail extending longitudinally along theoutside of the cylinder, with its ends sprung into the centers of theends of the cylinder, forming axles for the latter to turn on. A cord todraw the toy may be attached to thebal.

The letter a denotes a cylinder or barrel, made, by preference', ofsheet metal, with perforated ends, and the body may also be perforated,it' desired. The-ends b may be perinanently soldered on; but I preferthat one or both of them be made in the shape of a removable cover, asshown in Fig. 3.

This toy is intended to be drawn along the door, and for that purposethe wire bail c has its ends sprung into bearing-holes in the ends, thestring whereby the child draws the toy being tied into the loo'p c.Inside the body a one or more bells are attached. I have shown the bellcl attached by a spring, di, and the, bell (l2 rigidly attached. As thechild trundles or draws the toy along the lloor the body a rotates, andcauses the bells to jingle or give sound. Y

I am aware of the toy-hoop patent to Hervey and Crawford, ot' November19, 1867, the chime toy patent to E. C. Bart-on, May 19, 1874, andV therolling-bell-toy patent to'J. Deuell, May 26, 1874, which patentscontain some of the elements which go to make up the combination Iclaim. I do not wish, therefore, to be understood as claiming any of thefeatures claimed in any ot' said patents.

I claim as iny invention- The combination of the barrel a, cylindricalthroughout, or at ornear its ends only, the bells cl d?, attached to theinside ot' the cylinder or ends by connections ell, and the bail c, itsends entering the centers ot' the ends ot' the cylinder, the wholeconstructed substantially as shown and described.

FRANCIS ARNOLD.

